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24 Days to the Chicago Marathon
24 days to the Chicago Marathon! My goal was to ride my bike this morning, and run tomorrow morning, but I didn’t get the ride done.
My plan was to be out the door by 5:30, go to Central Park for 2 loops, and be back by 7am, when it would be time to get Katie (my 9 y/o) ready for school.
Couple of things happened. First, last night, I noticed some discomfort in my hip, a recurrence of nagging pain I had last year. Not serious, but one of those little signs the body gives to slow down.
Second, at 5am, simply could not get up. Well, I could get up, but my personal trainer constantly preaches time to rest and recover and to get enough sleep – essentially the importance of recovery. Since I am seeing him today at lunchtime, I decided an extra hour of sleep was called for, and skipping the ride would keep me fresh for the lunchtime workout.
I preferred to sleep until 7, but it turned out my wife was sleeping in too, and one of us needs to be awake to make sure my 14 y/o gets up (by 6) and out of the house (by 7) on time. So I got up at 6, got freaked out by some things at work, and worked from 6 to 7.
It is a sad state when getting up at 6 is sleeping in, but it is what it is. My hip feels better today, and I’m feeling well rested. Depending on how intense my personal trainer session is today, I may or may not ride tonight, and definitely plan for a 4-5 mile run in the morning. Then off day Sat and 20 miles (last long run) on Sunday!
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26 Days to the Chicago Marathon
26 days to the Chicago marathon! Still honestly not obsessing too much about it yet. Just focusing on ramping up my training in these 2 critical weeks.
In addition to the 4 miles I ran yesterday morning, I played softball last night. Running the bases and outfield is a great cross training running activity and that counted as a good 2nd workout of the day.
I wanted to swim this morning (I’m racing a tri in Red Bank on Oct 3), but unfortunately didn’t make it. It was possible, but a logistic challenge. Last night after softball, I had to go to my mother-in-law’s apartment to help her with a computer problem. It was late afterwards, and by then I was too lazy to park my car in the garage. Therefore I had to move it by 7am this morning. I could have swam at 6, moved the car at 7 and then gotten ready for work afterwards (my wife is on take-the-kid-to-school duty this morning), but in the end I decided I needed to get to work early and just skipped the workout. I can always try tonight.
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Too busy, grumble grumble, to blog…
…and also too busy to run, bike or swim, apparently. In a long all day seminar Friday at Sat (today), so back on the running, biking, swimming, and blogging horse tomorrow!
Sarcastic good news of the day – flat tire as I pulled up to hotel holding the seminar. Now I have something to do at lunchtime. That’s just… peachy. At least it didn’t happen on I95…
4:30 or Bust: A Quest for Marathon Mediocrity 